When I woke up, I found myself staring at the starry night sky. I sat up and looked around and found myself in an open area in a forest that I knew back on Reach. Not only that, but everything seemed too real as I could feel the breeze and hear the rustling of leaves and the sounds of nearby animals. I was not sure this was real or just a dream until I noticed a dark blue alicron standing not far from me staring at the sky. I realized that this was the same alicorn that I had encountered before I ended up getting knocked out by that monster of a human.

"Ah, it seems that thou are back." She said as she turned towards me.

"Uh thanks, I guess," I replied, "Any idea how we got hear? I could've sworn that I was back at the old castle."

I scratched my head as I tried to remember what this alicorn's name was when she spoke again, "If thou are wondering, no we are not back on the planet that thou calleth Reach. We are in a dream, though one that is surprisingly, how to put it, realistic."

I stared at the alicorn with a mix of surprise and confusion, "Wait, you're telling me that we're in a dream?"

"Yes. And before we continue, we would like to introduce myself. Our name is Princes Luna. And thou are Garen Gonzales?"

I nodded, "Uh, quick question though. Why are you talking like that?"

She seemed to look away from me a as if she were embarrassed by what I said, I could tell because I noticed her cheeks had gotten to a lighter hue, though I have no idea how that's possible with all that fur. As she kept quiet I couldn't help but admire her mane which seemed to blow with the breeze. Not only that, but it looked like part of the night sky had become a part of her mane. I shook my head as she turned back to look at me.

"We do apologize. It's just that we've been sealed away for over a thousand years we haven't fully adjusted to how ponies speak these days."

I couldn't help but laugh, "Well, it certainly makes you an interesting perso... er... pony to talk to."

She didn't seem to like the way I said that as she gave me a pouting face, which actually made her look even cuter. (Wait, why'd I say that?)

"Anyway, how are you even here? Do you have some sort of magic that allows you to go into other people's dreams?"

"Yes, though we were unable to get into your dream as something was preventing us from doing so. Is there anything that thou can remember before thou found yourself here.

I tried to remember what exactly happened from the time that I was knocked out to when I found myself in this dream, "I honestly don't remember. I think I had a conversation with someone, but I can't remember the exact details. By the way, how long was it before you were able to get into my dream?"

"It was about five days."

My jaw dropped when she said that, "WAIT, WHAT!?!? Your telling me I've been out for five days. What exactly happened while I was out?"

Luna closed her eyes as she recounted. She told me of what happened when I was thrown at the platform that once held the elements of harmony and how the mysterious man who did it seemingly disappeared into thin air. Not only that, but the creepy creature that Mark, Isa, Nyx and I had encountered had healed the worst of my injuries. Though she didn't say exactly how the creature did it. After that she had offered to carry me on her back as she and the two marines and Nyx went over to where the other UNCS forces had set up a temporary base, which so happened to be the castle's main library. After she had dropped me off she had gone back to Canterlot to tell her sister what had happened. It seemed that she was able to convince her sister to let her stay and watch over me as I recovered, which I started to find somewhat suspicious given how she had reacted with what I had said.

When she finished, she seemed to have an odd look on her face as if there was something wrong.

"Something troubling you?" I asked.

"How are thou able to speak our language?"

I was taken aback by the sudden question as I wasn't sure how to respond.

"I-I don't..." She interrupted me before I could say anything else.

"Somehow, thou and the other two humans are able to speak our language without too much trouble. The other humans that have been staying at our old castle could not speak or understand the language we were speaking. We suspect that somepony knew about thou and the other two humans and used a translation spell so thou could speak to us."

I was too stunned at what she said when a memory came to my mind.

"I'm not sure, but I think I remember waking up slightly somewhere else before waking in the castle."

This time it was Luna's turn to look surprised, "Is that true, does thou remember exactly where you were before thou found yourself there?"

I shook my head, "Sorry, it's still a bit hazy. But I think I remember hearing a male voice saying that we'd meet again at the 'Summer Sun Celebration' whatever that is. By the way, how were Mark and Isa able to get that translation spell when they were with the crew of the UNSC Turnaround?"

Luna was deep in thought before she answered, "we're not sure, but there must've been something that prevented him from meeting you. As to your question, it appears that those two were separated from the rest of their group when they fled their ship. They couldn't tell us what happened other than waking up to their friends being there with them."

"Huh, odd. I guess the reason the man who spoke to me couldn't keep his promise might have something to do with that man we encountered and the other one that I saw before I had gotten hit in the face by a certain rainbow maned pegasus."

Luna seemed to look at me with alarm as I said that.

"What, what's the matter?" I asked confused.

"What did that man look like?"

I racked my brain as I tried to remember what had happened. I told her that I had seen a man with a pitch black cloak talking with a tall, dark alicorn before looking away as I heard Twilight and her friends coming. I added that when I looked back, there was no one there except for Nyx who was lying unconscious. When I had finished, Luna seemed to have a sullen expression on her face.

"Uh... you alright?"

Luna seemed to have snapped out of it as she replied, "I think we should talk more about this some other time. In the meantime, we think no would be a good time for thou to wake."

She vanished before I could say anything. I sighed I watched as everything went black. When I finally did wake up, I had an intense pain all over my body and I was greeted with a metallic floating eyeball staring down at me right at my face.

"Ah, so you're awake now."

Author's Note

Finally got another chapter out of the way. Sorry for the wait, had trouble figuring out how I wanted the next chapter to go. Anyway, things are certainly going to get interesting given how things have turned out so far. In another story, I'll write about what Garen was doing while he was knocked unconcious. Other than that I do hope you guys are still enjoying this story of mine.

By the way, be sure to let me know if there are any wording problems that I may have left (I'm writing this very early in the morning, I'm a bit of a crazy person sometimes). Also, I might be delayed for a while with next chapter as I'll be trying to figure out the name for the monitor that Garen is going to meet. And no, there wont be any promethians mentioned anywhere in this story.

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